Table 5
Environment and natural resources indicators

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  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
GHG emissions (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) 714 720 745 747 747 ..
GHG emissions by final demand - exports (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) 278 264 .. .. .. ..
GHG emissions by final demand - personal consumption (megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) 200 210 .. .. .. ..
Annual temperature departures,1 Canada (degrees Celsius) 1.7 0.6 1.1 0.1 1.7 2.4
Value of land (million current dollars) 926,150 1,013,754 1,095,419 1,226,497 1,352,999 1,493,300
Value of timber (million current dollars) 300,445 303,278 297,474 302,358 281,125p 263,192p
Value of subsoil resource stocks (million current dollars) 396,760 375,276 465,083 558,023 817,416p 818,926p
Average farm pesticide expenditures (current dollars) 6,312 6,228 7,232 7,602 7,606 ..
Air quality2 - ozone (population weighted, parts per billion) 40 41 40 35 .. ..
Air quality2 - PM2.5 (population weighted, micrograms per cubic metre) 9 10 9 8 .. ..
1. Annual departures from the 1951 to 1980 temperature normals.
2. Ground level ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are two key components of smog that have been linked to health impacts ranging from minor respiratory problems to hospitalizations and premature death. There are no established threshholds below which these pollutants are safe and do not pose a risk to human health.
Data sources: Statistics Canada, n.d., CANSIM tables 378-0005 and 002-0044.
Environment Canada, 2007, Canada's 2005 Greenhouse Gas Inventory: A Summary of Trends, (accessed June 20, 2007).
Environment Canada, 2006, Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin, (accessed June 20, 2007).
Environment Canada, Statistics Canada and Health Canada, 2007,Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 16-251, Ottawa.
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division, Material and Energy Flow Accounts.